Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization turned negative over time, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presented on June 15. The effectiveness against hospitalization plummeted to negative 8 percent for people who received one of the old COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from a CDC-run hospital network. A dose of one […]

People who were vaccinated against COVID-19 did not get sick or transmit the virus in early 2021, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claimed on June 13. “That was true for the alpha variant at the time,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Capitol Hill in Washington. She […]

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is resigning. Dr. Rochelle Walensky is stepping down at the end of June, the director told President Joe Biden in a letter, the CDC said on May 5. Walensky, 54, did not cite a specific reason and the CDC did not return requests […]

A single dose of the most widely utilized COVID-19 vaccines is sufficient to meet the requirements to enter the United States, America’s public health agency said in a new update. Foreign travelers who receive a single shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines meet the definition requirements, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]

U.S. health authorities have responded to the warning from Florida’s surgeon general about a spike in reports of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. Drs. Rochelle Walensky and Robert Califf claimed in the response that Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, was misleading the public by focusing on the increase in adverse events reported to the […]

A U.S. senator is questioning why a top agency was expecting hundreds of safety signals for the COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), claimed in 2022 that safety monitoring revealed no “unexpected safety signals” for the vaccines. But the results to which she was referring […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed data on guns from its website after holding a private meeting with gun control activists, according to newly disclosed emails. The CDC webpage titled “Fast Facts: Firearm Violence Prevention” includes a portion on defensive gun use, or instances when people use guns for defensive purposes. […]

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tested positive for COVID-19, the agency announced on Oct. 22. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, tested positive on Friday night, according to the CDC. Walensky, 53, was said to be experiencing “mild symptoms.” Walensky did not respond to a request for comment. […]

Any state that requires COVID-19 vaccination to attend school will face a lawsuit, lawyers said this week. The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), run by TV host Del Bigtree, has pledged to finance up to 50 lawsuits, Aaron Siri, who frequently represents the group, said. “ICAN has told us it will financially support a challenge […]

Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 20 recommended adding COVID-19 vaccines to the child and adolescent immunization schedules, despite the vaccines still being under emergency authorization for some children. Liz Truss, who became UK prime minister just six weeks ago, has resigned after a significant number of Conservative MPs […]

Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Oct. 20 recommended adding COVID-19 vaccines to the child and adolescent immunization schedules, despite the vaccines still being under emergency authorization for some children. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) cast the vote during a meeting on updating the schedules for youth and […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Oct. 19 confirmed plans to add COVID-19 vaccines to the child immunization schedule, which could lead to the vaccines being mandated for school children in some states. “As we’ll be discussing today and tomorrow, incorporation of the COVID-19 vaccines in the immunization schedule and the […]

Newly obtained emails show the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a false statement on COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring in 2021, months before agency officials gave false statements on the matter to The Epoch Times. The emails also show top officials in the agency discussing performing safety monitoring on a key database for […]

A majority of young Americans who suffered heart inflammation after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine had abnormal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC researchers have been following youth who experienced myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, after receipt of the Pfizer […]

Over the weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age. A county in northern California announced preparations to begin vaccinations this week. NTD’s David Lang spoke to a doctor who recommends otherwise.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and three other top federal health agencies are refusing to provide employee COVID-19 vaccination data for 2022. The CDC and the other agencies, including the one that is forcing virtually all health care workers to get a vaccine, say their most current employee vaccination data is from […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to offer COVID-19 booster doses after five months, rather than six months.